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60 THE Marine Reviltw J FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS, SHOWING THE SPACIOUS QUARTERS OF CLEVELAND LODGE, SHIPMASTERS ASSOCIATION, The observation tower of the Sin- ger building, New York, has been Opened to the public. It is in the forty-second story, 548 ft. above the earth, and the view extends thirty miles in all directions. All of New York harbor and bay, and 'way out beyond the Hook is included in the area covered, In the last 127 years Bath has built 904 full-rigged ships, 262 barques and barquentines, and 673 brigs. Of that fleet there are still in service 57 ships, 34 barques and 5 barquentines. Of the 57 surviving Bath ships, 5 fly the Norwegian flag, and one each the flags of Sweden, Turkey, Italy and Germany. -- "The schoolship Nautilus, the first Spanish naval vessel to enter a Cu- ban port since the relinquishment of Spanish sOvereignty over the island, entered Havana harbor on the after- noon of June 24. She was well received, a fleet of close on 100 gaily decorated yachts and launches escorting her to her anchorage. The new steamship Texas, built by the Newport News Shipbuilding Com- pany, left on Saturday for her trial trip. HEADQUARTERS OF CLEVE- LAND SHIPMASTERS' ASSOCIATION. Herewith are presented four views of the rooms of the Cleveland lodge Of the Shipmasters'. Association. These rooms occupy the entire top floor of the large block on the corner of Superior and Seneca streets and were fitted up for the masters by James C. Wallace, president of the American Ship Building Co, They are very spacious and are undoubtedly the finest lodge rooms on the lakes. The assembly room will, in the winter season, be used by Cleveland vessel owners for such public gatherings as they may elect to hold. Edgar Hull, fleet engineer. of the United States Transportation Co., died at his home in Buffalo on Sunday morning last. He began his active career with the Anchor line in 1872. He left the lakes in 1894 but returned in 1901 as chief engineer of the Sen- eca and Oswego of the Lehigh Valley & Erie line. In 1904 he became fleet engineer for the United States Trans- portation Co, Capt, -Hatris: W. Baker. succeeded in releasing the steamer Arundell from the rocks in the St. Lawrence river this week. The steamer is badly dam- aged and will be docked at Kingston. The new steamer Price McKinney loaded her first cargo at Cleveland, this week, taking on 7,671 tons of coal.